Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani had a message Monday for those who’ve been tapped to help shape his new administration.

“So often, what we have seen is transitions are times of pageantry and pomp,” Mamdani said. “We want to make this a period of purpose and of preparation.”

Mamdani and his leadership team were speaking to some of the more than 400 newly named members of his transition committees at El Museo del Barrio in East Harlem. They will help make hiring and policy recommendations as the mayor-elect begins to staff 60 agencies, 95 mayoral offices and 257 boards and commissions.

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Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani named more than 400 people to his transition committees Monday

The list includes public- and private-sector leaders and five leading members of the Democratic S

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